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The Australian | Aviation
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Final take-off at Hitler's favourite
A LOUDSPEAKER spluttered briefly with a routine announcement that echoed across the high-vaulted departure lounge. Then Tempelhof, Adolf Hitler's favourite airport, fell silent. It was the last call for one of Germany's cultural icons.
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Qantas takeover near miss a blessing
THE collapse of last year's $11bn takeover offer for Qantas was a near miss for the national airline, which today would be struggling.
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Airlines often good Samaritans
IT was a case of what goes around, comes around when a Qantas Boeing 747 with a faulty weather radar was led home by an Air New Zealand 777 this week.
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Gulf carriers challenge airlines
RECENT air passenger traffic figures predictably reflect the sharp downturn in global economies.
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Look on the bright side: ICAO
THE global aviation industry will recover from the current economic and fuel woes.
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Safety rules in Rudd's policy
STRATEGIES to improve safety will be at the heart of the Rudd Government's national aviation policy when it is revealed next year.
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More 787 delays
BOEING'S hot-selling 787 may be an additional six months late.
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Rises in air travel costs
THE economic crisis has produced a flood of sales from retailers desperate to sell their wares.
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Qantas blast tests
INVESTIGATORShave found oxygen cylinders from the same manufacturing batch as the one that exploded on a Qantas Boeing 747 near Manila.
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Iceland's Sterling airline collapses
THOUSANDS of travellers have been left stranded across Europe after the collapse of an Icelandic budget airline.
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